The attached patch causes read_cache_pages() to release page-private data on a page for which add_to_page_cache() fails or the filler function fails. This permits pages with caching references associated with them to be cleaned up. Further changes [try #9] that have been made: (*) The try_to_release_page() is called instead of calling the releasepage() op directly. (*) The page is locked before try_to_release_page() is called. (*) The call to try_to_release_page() and page_cache_release() have been abstracted out into a helper function as this bit of code occurs twice.. Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/readahead.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c index 0f142a4..5e9d183 100644 --- a/mm/readahead.c +++ b/mm/readahead.c @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/blkdev.h> #include <linux/backing-dev.h> #include <linux/pagevec.h> +#include <linux/buffer_head.h> void default_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page) { @@ -117,6 +118,22 @@ static inline unsigned long get_next_ra_ #define list_to_page(head) (list_entry((head)->prev, struct page, lru)) +/* + * see if a page needs releasing upon read_cache_pages() failure + */ +static inline void read_cache_pages_release_page(struct address_space *mapping, + struct page *page) +{ + if (PagePrivate(page)) { + page->mapping = mapping; + SetPageLocked(page); + try_to_release_page(page, GFP_KERNEL); + page->mapping = NULL; + } + + page_cache_release(page); +} + /** * read_cache_pages - populate an address space with some pages, and * start reads against them. @@ -141,7 +158,7 @@ int read_cache_pages(struct address_spac page = list_to_page(pages); list_del(&page->lru); if (add_to_page_cache(page, mapping, page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) { - page_cache_release(page); + read_cache_pages_release_page(mapping, page); continue; } ret = filler(data, page); @@ -153,7 +170,7 @@ int read_cache_pages(struct address_spac victim = list_to_page(pages); list_del(&victim->lru); - page_cache_release(victim); + read_cache_pages_release_page(mapping, victim); } break; }